Grenada, a small island developing state (SIDS), is especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Climate change refers to significant changes in global temperature, precipitation, wind patterns and other measures of climate that occur over several decades or longer. Greenhouse gases from human activities are the most significant driver of observed climate variation. The…

Grenada, a small island developing state (SIDS), is especially vulnerable to the negative effects of climate change. As the climate changes, the construction industry in Grenada should be aware of its potential impacts and make changes in the construction culture to reduce these impacts. The most prominent effects of climate change include: an increase in…

While there is no single approach to integrating adaptation considerations into sector planning, concrete examples are emerging as more countries pursue National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes. South-South sharing of experiences through the NAP Global Network has shown that, in the early stages of NAP processes, the impetus for sector integration can be found in different…

On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), GIZ has developed the Stocktaking for National Adaptation Planning (SNAP) tool. The tool provides a snapshot of the planning capacities that are currently available and intended in a country. It thus helps to identify the country’s point of departure for initiating the…

Grenada’s National Adaptation Plan 2017-2021 features 12 multi-sectoral programs of action. Recognizing human and financial capacity constraints, Grenada’s NAP document adopts an approach that works within these circumstances, acting as an instrument to mobilize financial resources. It is an umbrella document, mainly based on prioritized climate change adaptation activities taken from already existing sectoral and…